90s grunge and 00s pop-rock come to the fore with a jab between the nose in this punchy single from Weymouth-based Sadcult. ‘Outcry’ is riff city, twinned with commanding vocals, both from Sam Newland, the band’s frontman and guitarist’s wheelhouse. Elsewhere, Chad White’s driving rhythms and relentless tom rhythms are a true force countering Pete Critchell’s basswork.
Speaking about the new single, the band says, “Outcry is one of those songs that is going to mean something different depending on who’s listening to it. But at its core, Outcry touches on the reality of growing up and witnessing certain illusions fade, dealing with that frustration, and coming to terms with the fact that life very rarely plays out the way that you imagined it would.
The track is saturated in angst and has a very punk attitude throughout, very heavily influenced by bands such as early Green Day and Nirvana being the driving force behind the sound and overall energy.
Outcry was mostly recorded at our small home studio, which gave us the freedom to really experiment and capture the energy we wanted, whilst having the drums recorded separately at Orchard Studios in Glastonbury by our mixing engineer Joe Marsh.”
Having sold out their 150-capacity hometown headline, they’re truly a grassroots band, built from the ground up. Having ventured to the big smoke for Duck & Dive Festival at Signature Brew, alongside The Jins on some UK tour dates and sharing stages with James and the Cold Gun and Sick Joy.
Stream the single below:
